He featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983. Ĭrazy Legs (born Richard Colón on January 1, 1966) is a b-boy from the Bronx, New York City, USA. He was stricken with an undisclosed illness during early 2008, went on life support on, and died on. In 2004, he along with several other members of The Rock Steady Crew were honored at the VH-1 Hip Hop Honors.įrosty Freeze resided in New York City, regularly making appearances at many hip-hop events throughout the New York metropolitan area and elsewhere in the country.
He was featured in early hip hop music videos such as Afrika Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force's " Planet Rock" and Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Gals". His talents with The Rock Steady Crew were featured in movies such as Flashdance, Wild Style, Style Wars and The Freshest Kids and also appeared on the cover of The Village Voice in 1981. His trademark move is known as, "The Suicide", also known as "The Death Freeze Drop" (a move that he created accidentally by attempting a poorly executed backflip and landing on his back). Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost ( - ), also known as The Freeze To Please, was an American old school hip hop b-boy known as a member of the second generation of the hip hop/ breakdancing group, The Rock Steady Crew.Īs a member of The Rock Steady Crew, he was known for his comedic, acrobatic and inventive style. Ken Swift also danced in the motion picture " Beat Street".
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His most famous movie was 1983's hit " Flashdance", where his two-minute dance with several members of the Rock Steady Crew launched the Hip-Hop scene into national attention. Ken Swift has several film credits to his name, including " Style Wars", the first hip-hop documentary, and the first hip-hop major motion picture, " Wild Style". Ken Swift began B-Boying in 1978 at the age of twelve when he was inspired by dancers on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Ken Swift is nearly universally considered by B-Boys to be the individual who has had the greatest influence on bboying. S.W.I.F.T.: Swift Wizard In Footwork Technique. Widely known in the B-Boy world as "the Epitome of a B-Boy," Ken Swift is credited as the bboy who innovated footwork, developing foundation. Ken Swift (born Kenneth James Gabbert) is a B-boy and former Vice President of the Rock Steady Crew of which he was a long time member and key figure of, he is now President of the VII Gems Hip Hop movement in NYC. He was the first larger than life b-boy and is a true legend among his peers. Spy was an idol and a super hero to many b-boys and b-girls in this Hip Hop game before it ever became commercial. Spy’s influence was the very reason why b-boys such as Crazy Legs and many others wanted to strive and become the best b-boy that they could be. His influence is such that it served as the blue-print for what has become what a b-boy or b-girl must learn in order to become one. He was the absolute epitome of what a b-boy should be.
Spy’s partnership with the music showed that in order to rock the floor, you first had to let the music rock your soul.
With that being said, it is no wonder how Spy could do just about any move in both directions and make it seem as if each time he did them, they appeared to be different moves. According to Spy’s personal friend and peer, Trac 2 from Star Child La Rock. His arsenal of moves made it easy for his peers to refer to him as “The Man With A Thousand Moves”. Spy was recognized as the creator of moves that serve as major components to what is the foundation of breaking, such as the Six-Step Footwork, the CC Rock, Swipes, the Baby Freeze, and his Latino flavor of top rocking. At the same time, he was creating moves that would later be taken by others. His understanding of the foundation allowed him to evolve and take moves from other b-boys and redesigned them to make them his own. B-boy Spy, from the Crazy Commandos Crew, dominated in the art breaking in the mid to late 1970’s.
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